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<B><FONT SIZE="4"><A HREF="http://superuser.openstack.org/articles/making-your-list-and-checking-it-twice-for-the-openstack-vancouver-summit">Making your list and checking it twice for the OpenStack Vancouver Summit</A></FONT></B><BR>
<A HREF="http://superuser.openstack.org/articles/making-your-list-and-checking-it-twice-for-the-openstack-vancouver-summit">Emily Hugenbruch</A> shared her pre-summit checklists: great tips there.<BR>
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<B><FONT SIZE="4"><A HREF="http://blog.russellbryant.net/2015/04/08/ovn-and-openstack-integration-development-update/">OVN and OpenStack Integration Development Update</A></FONT></B>
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The Open vSwitch project <A HREF="http://networkheresy.com/2015/01/13/ovn-bringing-native-virtual-networking-to-ovs/">announced the OVN effort</A> back in January and <A HREF="http://blog.russellbryant.net/">Russell Bryant</A> started to look into it. He reports about OVN, calling it “a promising open source backend for OpenStack Neutron”.<BR>
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<B><FONT SIZE="4"><A HREF="http://www.tesora.com/openstack-in-the-classroom/">OpenStack in the classroom</A></FONT></B>
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<A HREF="http://www.tesora.com/openstack-in-the-classroom/">Amrith Kumar</A> announced an effort to work with educational institutions in Massachusetts and near Toronto (where Tesora has offices) to try and make available a course on cloud computing with OpenStack as the exemplar system.
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<B><FONT SIZE="4"><A HREF="https://www.openstack.org/enterprise/">OpenStack In The Enterprise</A></FONT></B><BR>
A new mini-portal on openstack.org website to discover use cases and white papers from the enterprise world.
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<B><FONT SIZE="5">The Road to Vancouver</FONT></B>
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<LI><A HREF="https://www.openstack.org/blog/2015/02/sign-up-for-openstack-upstream-training-in-vancouver/">Sign up for OpenStack Upstream Training in Vancouver</A>
<LI><A HREF="https://www.openstack.org/summit/vancouver-2015/visa/">Canada Visa Information</A>
<LI><A HREF="https://www.openstack.org/summit/vancouver-2015/hotels/">Official Hotel Room Blocks</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.openstack.org/blog/2015/03/2015-openstack-t-shirt-design-contest/">2015 OpenStack T-Shirt Design Contest</A>
<LI>Preparation to Design summit
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<LI><A HREF="http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2015-April/061167.html">Liberty Design Summit - Proposed slot allocation </A>
<LI><A HREF="https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Design_Summit">What's a Design Summit</A>? There is still room for <A HREF="https://www.openstack.org/blog/2015/02/openstack-upstream-training-in-vancouver/">Upstream Training</A>
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<B><FONT SIZE="5">Relevant Conversations</FONT></B>
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<LI><A HREF="http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2015-April/061218.html">PTL Voting is now open</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2015-April/060932.html">Kilo stable branches for "other" libraries</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2015-April/060336.html">The Evolution of core developer to maintainer?</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://blog.leafe.com/the-core-deficiency/">The Core Deficiency</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://blog.russellbryant.net/2015/04/08/implementation-of-pacemaker-managed-openstack-vm-recovery/">Implementation of Pacemaker Managed OpenStack VM Recovery</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.siliconloons.com/posts/2015-04-06-neutron-kilo-retrospective-and-a-look-toward-liberty/">Neutron Kilo Retrospective and a Look Toward Liberty</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2015-April/061071.html">[Neutron] The specs process, effective operators feedback and product management </A>
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<B><FONT SIZE="5">Deadlines and Development Priorities</FONT></B>
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<LI><A HREF="http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2015-March/060264.html">[Nova] Identifying release critical bugs in Kilo </A>
<LI><A HREF="http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2015-March/059488.html">[Cinder] Bug Triage - Call for Participation </A>
<LI><A HREF="http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2015-March/058107.html">[Nova] Liberty specs are now open</A> and <A HREF="http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2015-April/061182.html">[Nova] Trunk is now Liberty </A>
<LI><A HREF="http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2015-March/060183.html">[neutron] Liberty Specs are now open!</A>
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<B><FONT SIZE="5">Security Advisories and Notices</FONT></B>
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<B><FONT SIZE="5">Tips ‘n Tricks</FONT></B>
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<LI>By <A HREF="http://adam.younglogic.com/">Adam Young</A>: <A HREF="http://adam.younglogic.com/2015/04/horizon-websso-sssd/">Horizon WebSSO via SSSD</A>
<LI>By <A HREF="http://assafmuller.com/">Assaf Muller</A>: <A HREF="http://assafmuller.com/2015/04/06/multinode-dvr-devstack/">Multinode DVR Devstack</A>
<LI>By <A HREF="http://www.cloudbase.it/">Alessandro Pilotti</A>: <A HREF="http://www.cloudbase.it/virtualbox-openstack-driver/">VirtualBox driver for OpenStack</A>
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<B><FONT SIZE="5"><A HREF="https://www.openstack.org/community/events">Upcoming Events</A></FONT></B>
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<LI><A HREF="http://www.percona.com/live/openstack-live-2015/">Apr 13 - 14, 2015</A> <A HREF="http://www.percona.com/live/openstack-live-2015/">OpenStack Live</A> <A HREF="http://www.percona.com/live/openstack-live-2015/">Santa Clara, CA, US</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://coll15.mapyourshow.com/6_0/sessions/session-details.cfm?ScheduleID=3436">Apr 13 - 16, 2015</A> <A HREF="http://coll15.mapyourshow.com/6_0/sessions/session-details.cfm?ScheduleID=3436">StackAttack! A HOLatCollaborate15</A> <A HREF="http://coll15.mapyourshow.com/6_0/sessions/session-details.cfm?ScheduleID=3436">Las Vegas, NV, US</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.openstack-konferenz.de/">Apr 15, 2015</A> <A HREF="http://www.openstack-konferenz.de/">iX OpenStack Tag</A> <A HREF="http://www.openstack-konferenz.de/">Köln, NRW, DE</A>
<LI><A HREF="https://groups.openstack.org/groups/brazil/1%C2%BA-hangout-openstack-brasil-2015">Apr 15 - 16, 2015</A> <A HREF="https://groups.openstack.org/groups/brazil/1%C2%BA-hangout-openstack-brasil-2015">1º Hangout OpenStack Brasil 2015</A> <A HREF="https://groups.openstack.org/groups/brazil/1%C2%BA-hangout-openstack-brasil-2015">Brasil, BR</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://occ.csdn.net/">Apr 16 - 18, 2015</A> <A HREF="http://occ.csdn.net/">Open Cloud 2015</A> <A HREF="http://occ.csdn.net/">Beijing, Beijing, CN</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-User-Group-Nordics/events/221122938/">Apr 16, 2015</A> <A HREF="http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-User-Group-Nordics/events/221122938/">8th OpenStack Meetup Stockholm</A> <A HREF="http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-User-Group-Nordics/events/221122938/">Stockholm, SE</A>
<LI><A HREF="https://groups.openstack.org/groups/nordics-scandinavia/8th-openstack-user-group-nordics-meetup">Apr 16, 2015</A> <A HREF="https://groups.openstack.org/groups/nordics-scandinavia/8th-openstack-user-group-nordics-meetup">8th OpenStack User Group Nordics meetup</A> <A HREF="https://groups.openstack.org/groups/nordics-scandinavia/8th-openstack-user-group-nordics-meetup">Stockholm, SE</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.con-nect.com.au/">Apr 21 - 22, 2015</A> <A HREF="http://www.con-nect.com.au/">CONNECT 2015</A> <A HREF="http://www.con-nect.com.au/">Melbourne, Victoria, AU</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.infoexevents.com.cn/chinasdn">Apr 22 - 23, 2015</A> <A HREF="http://www.infoexevents.com.cn/chinasdn">China SDNNFV Conference</A> <A HREF="http://www.infoexevents.com.cn/chinasdn">Beijing, CN</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-New-York-Meetup/events/220648431/">Apr 22, 2015</A> <A HREF="http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-New-York-Meetup/events/220648431/">OpenStack NYC Meetup</A> <A HREF="http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-New-York-Meetup/events/220648431/">New York, NY, US</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.meetup.com/Philly-OpenStack-Meetup-Group/events/220648495/">Apr 23, 2015</A> <A HREF="http://www.meetup.com/Philly-OpenStack-Meetup-Group/events/220648495/">OpenStack Philadelphia Meetup</A> <A HREF="http://www.meetup.com/Philly-OpenStack-Meetup-Group/events/220648495/">Philadelphia, PA, US</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.cebit.com.au/">May 05 - 07, 2015</A> <A HREF="http://www.cebit.com.au/">CeBIT AU 2015</A> <A HREF="http://www.cebit.com.au/">Sydney, NSW, AU</A>
<LI><A HREF="https://www.openstack.org/summit/vancouver-2015/">May 18 - 22, 2015</A> <A HREF="https://www.openstack.org/summit/vancouver-2015/">OpenStack Summit May 2015</A> <A HREF="https://www.openstack.org/summit/vancouver-2015/">Vancouver, BC</A>
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<B><FONT SIZE="5">Other News</FONT></B>
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<LI><A HREF="http://opensource.com/business/15/4/interview-alvaro-lopez-ortega-rdo-openstack">A community distribution of OpenStack</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://superuser.openstack.org/articles/why-adopting-openstack-for-dev-test-matters">Why adopting OpenStack for dev/test matters</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://developer.rackspace.com/blog/gophercloud-update">Gophercloud Update</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://superuser.openstack.org/articles/why-openstack-will-change-the-way-we-live-work-and-play">Why OpenStack will change the way we live, work and play</A>
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